Also sub commands can be abbreviated. Add some more aliases to the bash
completion.
Also fix the option 'nmcli radio mobile' which is called 'wwan'.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>
nmcli accepts abbreviated versions of object names, e.g. 'con'
instead of 'connection'. Adjust bash completion to also support
this.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com>
Ask for confirmation in these cases:
* autoconnect=yes and connection has not been saved yet
* autoconnect=yes, but saved connection had autoconnect=no
The confirmation can be switched off with
nmcli> nmcli save-confirmation no
The history is saved to ~/.nmcli-history file, separately for each connection.
The file uses glib key-file format. Each group is a connection UUID, keys are
integer numbers (history entry order), and values are the actual commands.
Example ~/.nmcli-history file:
[0bdc9852-2540-4e12-a605-5e65a9483772]
0=help quit
1=print
2=nmcli prompt-color 3
3=help set
4=q
[9142680d-3b87-4feb-ab1e-19e8762329ad]
0=eth
1=set ipv4.addr 1.2.3.4
2=quit
nmcli connection modify [id | uuid | path] <ID> <setting>.<property> [<value>]
missing value means setting the default value (deleting).
Examples:
nmcli con mod ethernet-2 connection.autoconnect no
nmcli con mod "Home Wi-Fi" wifi.mtu 1350
nmcli con mod "T-Mobile 1" gsm.apn internet
nmcli con mod 91782692-512e-4408-9572-667887319ef4 conn.perm user:cimrman
TODO:
- allow modifying multiple properties (using single command)
- Main command loop was moved to run in a separate thread (using GThread).
Otherwise glib main loop would be blocked in processing D-Bus and other
events.
- Handle creating new vs. updating already saved connection.
'change' command puts current value on edit line, so that user can change
it and confirm with <Enter>.
Notes:
* it works for libreadline
* libedit has to be checked
* doesn't work without any edit-line library - how to do that??
property_edit_submenu() is the main function. It is entered from main menu by
'goto'
command.
Commands of this menu:
set - set new value to the property
add - add a value to the property (for non-container properties it is
the same as set)
change - allow editing the current property value
remove - remove the property value(s)
describe - show the property description and/or usage
print - show the property value
back - return to the setting level (main menu)
help - show help (command descriptions)
quit - quit nmcli
So the syntax is now:
nmcli con edit [id | uuid | path ] <ID>
- for editing an existing connection
nmcli con edit [type <new connection type>] [con-name <new connection name>]
- for adding a new connection
Supported libraries are:
GNU Readline (libreadline) http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
NetBSD Editline (libedit) http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
We load these symbols:
readline() - main function allowing getting user input and aditing that
add_history() - stores strings to history
rl_insert_text() - insert text into the line at the current cursor position
rl_startup_hook - hook to call just before readline prints the first prompt
nmcli connection edit [type <type>] [con-name <name>]
Examples:
nmcli c e
nmcli c e type ethernet
nmcli c e type wifi con-name "My home Wi-Fi"
nmcli c e type bond
...
We should also quit on 'DEACTIVATED' state' when monitoring active connection
state.
Reproducer:
nmcli con add con-name myvlan dev eth1 id 88
nmcli -p con up myvlan
Add a "monitor-connection-files" config option, which can be set to
"false" to disable automatic reloading of connections on file change.
To go with this, add a new ReloadConnections method on
o.fd.NM.Settings that can be used to manually reload connections, and
add an nm-cli command to call it.
Optional 'ifname' allowed creating connection applicable to all interfaces,
which was confusing for some users. Now we require the user to provide ifname
to lock the connection for an interface. An "unbound" connection can be
created with ifname "*".
$ nmcli connection add type eth ifname eth0
$ nmcli connection add type eth
now becomes
$ nmcli connection add type eth ifname "*"
bond, bridge:
- when ifname is not specified or is "*",
interface name is generated (nm-bond, nm-bridge)
vlan:
- when ifname is not specified or is "*",
vlan device is named "dev.id"
Note: the quotes around * are required to suppress shell expansion.
* remove "Encrypted" tag
The "Encrypted: " stuff was initially copied from nm-tool, but it doesn't help
here much. See also http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=a734c836a56f3170202f0555f1a03c9b2835775c
for APs with WPA & RSN IEs, but no privacy flag.
* remove a space from "WPA ", etc. strings. Translators often leave it out
and thus break output.
* change "WPA" to "WPA1" to make it clearer
* use "802.1X" instead of "Enterprise" to save some characters
The data are added to output_data at first, and then they are printed all at
once using print_data(), that takes care of proper alignment and display.
The static 'width' values defined in NmcOutputField columns are not used now,
but dynamically computed maximal widths override them.
Until now we have used a static width defined for each column for tabular
output. Even if this worked in most cases, it was not optimal, because by
using too wide columns we wasted space, and in case of a too narrow column the
alignment broke. So, we need to know the longest string in a column to be able
to align columns in the tabular output. Thus, the printing has to be postponed
till we have all data available, and can find the widest column. This value is
then used for aligning while printing the data.
Arrays of NmcOutputField (rows) are inserted into output_data array. When all
data have been added, print_data() can be used to print the whole output_data
array with proper alignment.
A single row can be printed using print_required_fields().
Also, output flags are redone to better match the new output_data array.
The flags are needed for every row (in tabular output); they are stored in
the first field (NmcOutputField) for the whole row.
Addapted set_val_str() and set_val_arr() to set value type (char * x char **).
Added set_val_strc(), set_val_arrc() for const values that should not be freed.
output_data takes ownership of the data added to it and takes care of freeing
the memory.
See e.g.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699503
